Intuitive Eating Bristol

Home
United Kingdom
Bristol
Intuitive Eating Bristol

An evidence-based, non-diet and weight inclusive approach to nutrition and health. I am a non-diet

27/08/2024

Reminders from the beach ✨

01/02/2024

We got through January! One of diet culture's favourite months.

Spring is coming 🌞

02/01/2024

A few to add to the ins and outs but certainly not the only things that could be included. The lists could be never ending.

15/08/2023

You don't have to be the fastest, or go the furthest, lift the heaviest, or do the most. You don't have to commit to hours and hours.

Find movement that is accessible to you. Do what makes your body and brain feel good, do activities you enjoy.

Focus on how it feels. Both whilst moving and after.

Rest when you need it. Rest when your body tells you to. Rest when you want to.

Enjoy the benefits. Don't be hard on yourself.

Play.

The 9th principle of intuitive eating is: movement - feel the difference. We focus on how moving our body feels, the benefits we might feel such as stress relief, and disconnect movement from diet culture + how our body looks.

This sticker which says 'happy with my pace' lives on my water bottle for a reminder when I'm out walking 🌞

12/07/2022

It is HOT in the UK this week.

So what are we doing?
Keeping hydrated 🥤🧃🥛🧊
Wearing comfy/loose clothes that help us stay cool 👕🎽🩱👙🩳🩲👒🧢
Wearing SPF
Seeking shade 🌳⛱️🏖️🏡
Eating foods that we enjoy and make us feel good 🍦🍨🥟🍚🍕🌯🌮🍟🥪🌭🧀🍳🍔🥖🥐🍞🥑🥒🌽🥦🍇🍎🍓🍊🍑🍌🍍
Moving less if we want to
Reminding ourselves we don't need to lose weight or change our bodies for summer

10/04/2022

Some joys of eating in restaurants

Delicious food
Not having to cook
Eating with family/friends/colleagues
Trying new foods
Eating things you don't cook for yourself at home
No washing up
The choice of so many different foods and flavours
Being out of the house
Convenience
Celebrating special occasions

(Notice how none of these are related to measuring how much you eat)

If you feel able to, ask for a menu without calories.

If you need support, reach out.

07/04/2022

As you've probably seen by now, it's been made compulsory for restaurants in the UK, with more than 250 employees, to put calorie counts on menus.

This policy isn't even evidence based. There's limited evidence that shows people choose lower calorie options and that this leads to a healthier population.

There is, however, evidence that calorie labels negatively impacts people with disordered eating or eating disorders. Calorie counting is linked to restrictive eating behaviours, compulsive exercise, demonisation of foods, stress and guilt around eating.

There's also evidence that restrictive diets don't lead to long term sustained weight loss (which is the government's aim - this whole policy perpetuates weight stigma). This is how the diet industry makes so much money remember!

Calories don't tell us:
The nutritional value of the food
How satisfying the food is
Whether the food will satisfy our cravings
How much we will enjoy the food
How the food will feel in our body
How much of a food will make us feel full
How positive the experiences of eating with others is to our wellbeing

Counting calories is an external measure that takes us away from our internal hunger and fullness cues.

There's no perfect solution to navigating this but you can ask for a non labelled menu if you need to, tell your friends that non-calorie menus should be available, ask for support from who you're with (to cover up the numbers for example), choose smaller restaurants if you can where labelling isn't required.

Ps, a calorie is literally just a unit of energy and calorie counts aren't accurate most of the time. Plus the way food is processed and cooked and the way we all digest food different makes them even less accurate.

28/03/2022

What you ate at the weekend (or on holiday or at an event etc) is irrelevant to what you eat today.

Honour your hunger.

23/12/2021

I hope you enjoy eating something delicious this festive period.

pic of v tasty gingerbread people with weird faces

18/07/2021

Getting to the point of eating intuitively isn't a linear process. You will probably switch backwards and forwards between stages or be working through a few stages all at once. Some stages may be quick and some slower. Thats ok!! However it happens for you is valid. Everyone's journey is different.

24/06/2021

Hunger is a normal biological function! It is a basic human instinct!

Yet, because of the diet culture we live in we are taught to ignore it and we start to not trust out own bodies.

The good news is that we can reconnect with our hunger signals and the intuitive eater that is innately within us.

Reach out if you need support.

23/06/2021

Unfortunately feeling guilty about food is common. But it's damaging and can lead to disordered eating behaviours.

We wouldn't feel guilty if we weren't taught to and it's the same with food guilt.

Diet culture tells us that certain things are 'bad' and over time we learn a lot of food rules. (Diet culture is, obviously, wrong)

To remove the feelings of guilt we need to identify and challenge these food rules, have self compassion and be patient. It takes time.

Food should bring joy!

Reach out if you need support.

Address

Bristol

Website

https://iebristol.wixsite.com/intuitiveeating

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when Intuitive Eating Bristol posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Contact The Practice

Send a message to Intuitive Eating Bristol:

Shortcuts

Featured

Sylvian Care South Gloucestershire
Equinox South, Great Park Road, Bradley Stoke, BS32 4QL

Want your practice to be the top-listed Clinic in Bristol?